Violet & Mint Tallow Soap answers a specific question: what does a lavender mint soap become when you remove everything except the tallow?
The Lavender Mint Soap in the main lineup is a well-rounded bar built on a blend of fats and oils, each contributing something to the lather and feel. This bar removes that complexity and replaces it with a single ingredient — tallow — that carries the botanical blend on its own terms. The result is a bar with a different character: denser, slower, with the particular skin-compatibility that comes from a fat whose profile mirrors the skin's own.
The color is the deepest in the 100% tallow collection. The tallow is first infused with rhubarb root — which in its raw state produces a dull brown in the fat. It is the lye that transforms it: as the pH rises during saponification, the rhubarb's pigments unlock and bloom into a warm pink-purple undertone. Purple Brazilian clay adds a rich, saturated violet mid-tone. Indigo takes the color to its final depth — a solid, dark purple that is consistent throughout the bar. Dried lavender buds are pressed into the top, their grey-purple tones a natural complement to the bar beneath.
The essential oil blend explores the full range of the mint family. Lavender is the anchor — floral, herbal, familiar. Peppermint is the sharpest and coolest. Lavandin is a hybrid of lavender and spike lavender with a slightly more camphoraceous, robust quality than true lavender. Cornmint is clean, bright, and intensely minty without peppermint's bite. Spearmint is the softest and sweetest of the group. Together they produce a mint-lavender blend that has more dimension than a two-oil version — cooler and warmer, sharper and softer, all at once.
A 100% tallow bar — rhubarb-infused tallow, water, lye, and the botanicals described.
- 100% tallow base — rhubarb-infused, no additional oils
- Color developed through lye chemistry — rhubarb root pH transformation
- Lavender, peppermint, lavandin, cornmint, and spearmint essential oils
- Deep solid purple bar — rhubarb-infused tallow, purple Brazilian clay, and indigo
- Dried lavender buds pressed into the top
- No synthetic fragrance or dyes
- Made in small batches by hand
- Wrapped in a plastic-free vellum band